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After suffering injuries while playing football at the University of Northern Texas, Tobe Nwigwe was forced to rethink his NFL dreams.
And it seems that journey worked out in his favor.
In 2016, he started the #getTWISTEDsundays YouTube series and by 2018 he dropped "I'm Dope," which later landed on former First Lady Michelle Obama's workout playlist. Two years later, he released The Pandemic Project featuring "I Need You to (Breonna Taylor)."
Tobe, whose latest album is moMINTs, also acts, appearing in Netflix's Mo and the upcoming Transformers movie.